Glossary

Network-based Intrusion Detection System

Network-based Intrusion Prevention System

National Institute of Standards and Technology

A contract by which one or more parties agree not to disclose confidential information that they have shared with each other as a necessary part of doing business together.

A non-human actor, such as a service, application, workload or AI agent, that is authorised to access a system and its resources.

Authentication that does not involve direct interaction by a human user.

A digital identity used by an application, workload, service, device or automated process rather than an individual.

Providing proof that an action was performed by a particular user such that the origin of the action cannot subsequently be repudiated.

A specific type of electrically erasable programmable read-only memory.

A type of media which retains its data when power is removed.